the right age
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Miss Beagle
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When to start
I usually start my pups around 4 - 6 months old.
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I usually take my hounds to a starting pen in Indiana, but they guy there doesn't want them until they are about 7or 8 months old. I like to train them to obey commands before I send them for a month. If they are not trained to come, down, and what NO means, when you get them back from a month at a starting pen, you have to train them for that as well as trying to keep their new skill of running rabbits fresh in their minds. Good luck, Tony
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Bsbowhunter
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- Location: Chesterfield, VA
Good question
It seems that the norm for most pens are around six months of age, but I usually like to try and get mine started much earlier. In the "for what it's worth catagory", many owners swear you can't tell the difference at 8/9 months old, which were started as young pups and which didn't go to a pen until 6 months of age. 